Is Oued Rhiou safe? Algeria travel risk
Is Oued Rhiou safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Oued Rhiou scores 42/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Algeria Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 25 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 25 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Oued Rhiou scores 42/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Algeria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Oued Rhiou: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (56/100) and natural hazards (40/100).
A score of 42 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Algeria travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 35.9667° N, 0.9167° E in Relizane, Oued Rhiou maintains a regional distance of 212.2 km ENE to Algiers.
Relizane
35.9667° N, 0.9167° E
97 m
Africa/Algiers
64,685
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Algeria
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (33 °C avg high); Wettest: December (72 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 23° | 28° | 33° | 33° | 29° | 23° | 18° | 14° |
| Low °C | 5° | 5° | 7° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 66 | 62 | 59 | 53 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 68 | 72 |
Normals: ’Aïn Merane (22.3 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Oued Rhiou happened in January, February, March, April, October and November (6 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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